I read Nightmare Alley after many raves here from the late, lamented miker (who also led me to Thieves Like Us). Blew me away, too. Keep meaning to check out the movie.
But I don't think I'd place it as my best noir novel. Don't know if I'd stick with this if I really thought about it, but the title that popped into my head was Pop. 1280 by Thompson.
Mark
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> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:18:37 -0800
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Best noir novel (was Red Right Hand)
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> Just wondering what people consider the "best" single noir novel. I know there's no one answer, but curious about the responses. Has everybody but me read NIGHTMARE ALLEY by William Lindsay Gresham? I'm halfway thru it and it knocks my socks off.
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